Show us some pics. These guys have lots of Sonor stuff. http://www.stdrums.de/

Ebay probably wont have one. This is going to be tuff to find. Go to the wanted section on this forum and post a wanted ad. You could probably take yours to a machine shop and have it drilled and tapped for a larger bolt or screw. There are many sonor guys on here. Get on this forum here "Vintage Non-Usa Drums" Reinforcment rings are available from various drum suppliers also.

Pics. from inside and outside of damaged areas !!

Sometimes the bolt is harder than the nut and you find the threads from the nut inside the threading of the bolt, wich is not damaged, see if you can remove the rounded over threads from the bolt !!

[COLOR="Green"]The quick answer is 'yes'...you can install add'l interior reinforcing rings to bring the shell back to a rounder shape. I have done this on some old, old Japanese kits with some success.

If you wanna do it yourself, you can either order rings from Precisiondrum.com or Aitwood.com. Or...you can do what I do; actually order a shell and cut it up into rings, if you have access to a wood shop setup. You basically wanna get a ring diameter which is one size larger than the tom (i.e. you want a 13" ring if the tom is a 12" tom). I usually use their 6-ply maple shells (these are pretty thin...not like the 6-ply shells of the 70's-90's).

You wanna cut the ring, and stick it inside the tom and then size it ~ i.e make add'l cuts in the ring, removing add'l pieces of the ring until the 2 cut edges of the ring will butt each other with some difficulty (because you want there to be tension on that ring to push on the interior of the shell). Then the trick becomes gluing it in there straight. You need clamps and if you want one in the middle of the cylinder, you need bracing. If you are gonna just do the 2 edges, then you just need a sh#tload of small clamps. I sometimes am able to utilize the lug holes to help clamp the new ring to the existing shell....[/COLOR]

60's Sonor floor tom leg mounts had a insert with a wing-nut on the outside you may only need to replace the insert and wing-nut..photos would help.If you need a complete floor tom leg mount i have them for sale i also have the inserts and wing-nut too but what one do you need Sonor had two type's on mounts one with a wing-nut, and one with a rod looking handle and not a wing-nut...Mikey

Thanks Everyone, i will give the ring a try. I have a full woodshop here at home, so that is a good thing. (Never thought about cutting a donor shell down, great idea.) Photos are taken unsing a straight edge across the shell depth. You can see that some of the deformation is worse between different lug groups. I tried to pick the worst bearing edge pictures.

As far as the Floor Tom leg mount, mine is a Large teardrop, with the T shaped bolt, that accepts either the Sonor drum key, or hand wind with the t...

Mikey777, can you provide me a price for a complete unit. (The one i have is "hooped" bad drum joke) It is insert and threads.

Please send price and payment instructions to my personal address:

[email]thelintonwyrm@gmail.com[/email]

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Wow!! I got one of those!!